Machine for assembling newspaper parts.



No. 881,305. PATENTED MARQlO, 1908. 0. D. (mama; A. W. LINN.

MACHINE FOR ASSEMBLING NEWSPAPER PARTS.

APPLICATION FILE D JULY 30,1906- 4 SHEETSSHEET 1.

No. 881,305. I PATENTEDMAR. '10, 1908. 0. D. CURRY & A. W. LINN. MACHINE FOR ASSBMBLING NEWSPAPER PARTS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 30,1906.

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No. 881,305. PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908. G. D. CURRY & A. W. LINN. MACHINE FOR ASSEMBLING NEWSPAPER PARTS.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 30,1906.

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u a u n 3 wii'naooes for'Assembling CLAUD'D. CURRY AND ALBERT W. LINN, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

MAOHTNE FOR ASSEMBLING'NEWSPAPER PARTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 10, 1908.

Application filed July 80, 1906. Serial No. 828,379.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CLAUD D. CURRY and ALBERT W. LINN, citizens of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines N ewspa er Parts, of which the following is a spec' cation.

This invention is a machine for'associating different parts of a newspaper or other prlnted matter, such parts being folded preparatory to delivery.

In newspapers printed in several parts, on difierent presses, it is common to, assemble the parts after they are folded, by placing one art within another. This has heretofore een done by hand, and is known as stufiing. When done by hand it is slow work, and requires 'a-large number of hands.-

The object of this invention is to rovide means for quickly doing this work y machinery. The machine embodies devices for feeding the parts of the newspaper which are to be stuffed or associated, and pneumatic means for opening the fold of the outer part so that the inner part or supplement may be placed withinthe same.

The machine is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure '1 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective of What will hereafter be elevation of the gearing or driving the feeding device. Fi 5 is a detail in pers ective of the feeding evice or conveyer. ig. 6 is an enlarged detail in side elevation of part of 'sembled or stuffe the feeding mechanism.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the side frame of the machine, of proper form to suit the working parts and accommodate the gearing. The outer and inner parts of the aper, which are to be as- (l together, are fed to 0 posite ends of the machine, from which t e respective parts are alternately carried to the assembling devices, as described hereinafter. Each feeding mechanism' consists of an and 9 between side boards 10 This chain carries a series of crossbars 1 1 which are connected to the chain by hooks 12, and at the Fi .4 is a detail inside.

of boards 17 which are .thussupported in an upright position upon the bars and between the side pieces 10. The inner end of the conveyer thus formed is turned up toward the vertical, as shown in the drawings, so that the papers are delivered at the end of the conveyer in a substantially horizontal position. The folded pa ers are'placed in the conveyer with the olded edges or butts down, resting upon strips 18 su ported between the side pieces 10 an extending lengthwise. The s aces between the boards 17 are thus packe full of the folded papers standing ed ewise, and as the belt moves the papers are ed tothe inner or upper end of the conveyer. The boards 17 are removed as fastas they reach the u per end of the conveyer and replaced by the attendant at the lower or outer end on another'=bar. The papers are thus delivered at the up er end of the conveyer in a substantially orizontal position, with the butts or second folds of the papers directed inwardly toward the main body of the machine.

Each conveyer is driven with an intermittent motion, at slow speed by means of gearing as follows On a driven shaft 30 is a beveled gear 31 meshing with a beveled gear ,32 on a shaft 33 which has a worm 34 meshing with a gear 35 on a shaft 36,- and the gear 35 is connected by a rod 37 to a lever 38 carrying a'pawl '39 which engages a ratchet wheel 40 on the shaft 8 of the conveyer. The con: necting rod 37 is adjustably connected to the gear 35 by means of ablock in a radial slot-41, whereby the throw of the pawl lever, and

consequently the feed motion given the ratchet, can be varied. The gearing referred to is supported by proper brackets on the inner side of one of the side frames 6. The

parts of the-paper thus received at opposite ends of the machine are alternately delivered, one by one, by similar devices consist mg. in each instance of the parts to be now described. 50 indicates an air-trunk pipe connected to an exhaust fan 51. Said pipe is supported above the machine with an arm or branch located over the inner end of each conveyer," and each arm of the air-trunk has a series of depending branch pipes 52 on which are sleeves 53 slidable u and down to and from the papers, indicate atX, at'the end of the conveyer. The sleeves are carried by cross-bars 54 connected at their ends to uprights 55 "which slide up ;and'down 'in guides 56, the upward motion being produced by cams 57 on the shaft 30, said cams working under the lower ends of the uprights. The sleeves and the uprights drop by gravity and are lifted by the cams, and the suction through the pipes causes a paper to be lifted from the conveyer at each operation. The paper thus lifted is brought against the-carrying tapes, and to assist in this action a roller 58 is employed. This roller is guided at its ends in grooves 59 formedin the side frames of the machine, these grooves being located adjacent to the upper end of the conveyer. The roller 58 moves back and forth in the grooves, being connected at its ends by links 60 to levers 61 which are pivoted at 62 to brackets on the frame and which are connected by rods 63 to one of the cross-bars 54. The lever 61 and links 60 form a sort of toggle, and on the downward motion of the bars 54 and sleeves 53 are extended so that the roller 58 is moved downwardly and inwardly in the grooves 59 beyond the butts of the papers, as indicated,

on the right side in Fig. 2, and when the bars 54 and sleeves are lifted the roller 58 is drawn inwardly and upwardly under the paper which at that time is being lifted by the suction devices, as shown on the-left, in Fig. 2. The vefiect of this is to press said paper against the upper tapes 70. This actionis assisted by means of loose elongated wire loops 64 which extend around the roller 58 and also around in grooves in a tape roller 80. The loo s 64 are free to swing as the roller 58 moves ack and forth, and, as will be seen, they come up on the lift against the under side of the paper and press the same against the upper tapes and also act as a bridge or guide to direct the papers above the rolfer 80 and in between the upper and lower tapes.

The upper tapes 70 run in the direction shown by the arrow, around a roller 71 located above the end of the conveyer, and thence over guide rollers 7 2, 73, 74 and 75 and a tension roller 76. The lowertapes 81 pass over the roller 80, heretofore referred to,

thence over guide rollers 83 and 84, guide roller 82, and tension roller 83. The tapes are spaced apart, and the upper tapes are so arranged that the suction sleeves 53 work up and down between the tapes, where they overhang the lower tapes above the conveyer, so that the papers are lifted to contact with said overhan in or projectinglpart of the upper tapes, w hic then carry t e paper in between the upper and lower tapes and deliver the same to the associating mechanism. Located between the delivery or inner ends of the tapes leading from opposite ends of the machine is a V-shaped guide 84, conveniently formed of sheet metal, to properly directthe parts to the associating device.

=,.-.- At 90 are indicated air-trunks extending across the machine and provided with branch pipes 91 extending oppositely toward each other. Upon the branch pipes are sleeves 92 at the inner ends of each set of which is a plate 93, through which the sleeves open, and these plates are hinged to frames 94 which extend downwardly from said plates and have at thir lower edges ins 95 which act as pivots in elongated bearings 96 in each side frame of the machine. The plates 93 and the frames 94 move to and from each other, such movement being produced by cams 97 on shafts 98 which operate levers 99 connected by links 100 to the plates 93.

Working back and forth under the lower edges of the frames 94 are a set of fingers 101 projecting from a bar 102 which has a rod 103 extending to contact with a cam 104 on one of.

the shafts 98. Said rod is supported by a cross piece 105. The cam 104 acts to advance the bar 102 so that the fingers 101 roject across the space between the lower e ges of the frames 94. The fingers are retracted by means of a coil spring 106, around the rod 103. Located below the fingers 101, under the mouth of the opener, is a pair of delivery rolls 107, and below these is an ordinary delivery belt 108, with a fly 109 for laying down the pa ers as they are delivered.

ach of the trunks 90 is provided with a damper 110, to cut off theexhaust, and said dampers are automatically operated to be in open position when the sleeves 92 are advanced and to close as said sleeves retract. The dampers are pivoted in the trunks and connected by links 111 and crank arms 112 to the sleeves 92.

The ta es and other devices are all driven by suitade gears which, it is thought, requires no description fnrther than that which has been given, since it is a matter of mechanical arrangement, but the feeding devices are so arranged and actuated that the parts of the paper to be stuffed together are delivered alternately from the opposite ends of the ma chine. Thus, in operation, an outer part is delivered from one conveyer and is carried by the tapes on one side and dropped, butt or fold down, between the frames 94, and stops upon the fingers 101, at which time the frames 94 and lates 93 are ap reaching each other and the gers 101 are a vanced. The said outer art of the paper being in position between the frames 94 and plates 93, the further advance of the plates causes the suction sleeves to come against opposite folds of the aper. The sleeves are then retracted, causing the frames 94 to swing apart and causing the newspaper section to open at the top or upper edge, to a V-shape, the fold resting on the fingers 101.' This action is assisted by means of a blast which blows continually from a slotted opening 120 transversely between the frames 24. The blast is supplied through a pi e 121 from the fan 51. The pa ers are so fe that this blast will be direete toward the first fold or edge of the paper and will thus tend to the paper and flatten out the free ends of the sheets. The, outer part of the paper being thus delivered into the opener, and opened, the inner part or su plement is delivered from the other end of t e machine and dropped within the fold of the outer section. The fingers 101 are then retracted, which allows the associated arts of the paper to drop to the delivery belt 108, on which the papers are piled by the fly and from which they may be removed as desired. These operations are repeated successively. Itwill be seen that no hand Work is necessary, except to keep the feeders supplied with the newspaper sections.

e claim:

1. In a machine of the kind stated, the combination with an opener having opposite frames which swing to 'to 0 en the fold of paper, of means to alternate y deliver outer and inner folded paper spread or open sections to the opener, and means to actuatethe opener to .open the outer section when it is dehvered thereto, to allow the inner section to be inserted within the same.

2. In a machine of the kind stated, the combination with an opener and means to operate the same to open a folded paper, of a Vshaped guide leading to the opener, and opposite feed mechanisms leading to opposlte sides of the guide, and means to actuate the same toalternately feed outer and inner paper sections from the respective mechan- 1SII1S to the guide.

3. In a machine of the kind stated, an

opener comprising opposite frames pivoted at their lower edges and arranged to swing toward and from each other, and suction tubes connected' to each frame at the upper edge thereof and movable therewith toward and from each other.

4. An opener comprising opposite frames mg movement.

and from each other,

pivoted near together at their lower edges and arranged to swing toward each other, opposite suction tubes to each frame and movable therewith, and means to cut off the suction after. each open- 5. In combination, a V shaped opener the sides of which are spaced apart, and pivoted at their lower edges'to swing toward and from each other, suction tubes carriedby the oppositesides and having means to govern the suction therethrough, means to' supply successively outer and inner paper sections downwardly into the opener, the sides being actuated to swing open after the outer section is supplied, to allow the inner section to be inserted within the same, a movable support under the space at the bottom of the opener, and means toWithdraw intermittently the support, to allow the associated sections to discharge from the opener.

6. An opener comprising opposite pivoted frames, means to swing the same toward and from each other, and pneumatic devices operating between said frames and adapted to open a folded paper therebetween.

7. An opener comprising-opposite frames pivoted at their lower edges and arranged to swing toward and from each other; and means to deliver a blast of air transverselybetween said frames, to blowopen a folded paper between the frames, as said frames swing open.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' CLAUD D. CURRY. ALBERT W. LINN. Witnesses:

K. 0. ADAMS, Jr., LoNA OUNE'Y. Q

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